Combined baby hammock and swing.



B. I. BAILEY. COMBINED BABY HANINIOCK AND SWING. APPLICATION FILED JULYI4. 1916.

L%25,2 L Patented May 8,1917.

nnenffoz BELLA P..BAILEY, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

COMBINED BABY HAMMOCK AND SWING.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

atented May 8, 1917.

Application :filed July 14, 1916. Serial No. 109,377.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, BELLA P. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah, State of Oregon, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Baby Hammocksand Swings; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in combined babyhammocks and swings, and has for its object to provide a device of thischaracter constructed in such a manner that the same can when in ahorizontal position be used as a hammock, and when in a verticalposition the device can be used as a swing.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter so constructed that a child can be placed therein when thedevice is used as a hammock and the flaps laced together so that thechild can be left unattended in perfect safety.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which is formed from suitable fabric, and further to providemeans whereby the device will be held against collapsing when in use7but can be readily rolled into compact form when not in use.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in thenovel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangementof parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustratedin the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe device showing the same when used as a hammock.

F ig. 2 is a similar view showing the device when used as a swing.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4l is a transverse sectional view.

Referring to the drawing 1 indicates the hammock body, which consists ofa bottom 2, sides 3, and ends 4, said sides having stitched to theirfree longitudinal edges elongated flaps 5, which are provided witheyelets 6 and in which are engaged the laces 7, which serve to hold theliaps 5 in a position to prevent the child from accidentally fallingfrom the hammock. The ends of the bottom 2 are provided with ,pockets 8in which are engaged wooden strips 9 which serve to hold the body inproper stretched position. The upper edges of the ends l are alsoprovided with pockets 10 for receiving the wooden strips 11 which servein conjunction with the strips 9 to hold the hammock in proper shape.

The ends of the bottom 2 are provided. with tabs 12, said tabs havingmetal. eyelets 13 secured thereto, the purpose of which will appearlater. Stitched to the upper edge of the sides 3 are flaps 14, saidflaps having eyelets 15 formed therein which are engaged by the ropes16, said ropes being also engaged in the eyelets 17 formed in the ends iand sides 3 and have their outer ends connected to a snap hook 18 whichis adapted to engage a suitable support to hold the hammock in ahorizontal position.

When it is desired to use the device as a swing one of the snap hooks isengaged in the adjacent eyelets 13 so as to loop the rope whereby thehammock can be suspended in a vertical position, and at which time oneof the ends 4 serves as a seat. To prevent the child from falling fromthe swing a rope 19 is connected to the bottom 2 and is passed aroundthe waist of the child.

It will be noted that the ropes 16 are tied into the eyelets 17 so thatthe hammock can not move longitudinally on the ropes.

lll/*hat is claimed is 1. A device of the class described comprising abody, tabs associated with the body, ropes connected with the body, saidropes having snap hooks carried by their ends adapted to engage asupport to hold the hammock in a horizontal position, or to engage thetabs to support the hammock in a vertical position.

2. A hammock of the class described comprising a bottom, sides and ends,flaps carried by the upper edges of the sides, means for lacing theadjacent edges of the flaps together, second flaps carried by the upperedges of the sides and having eyelets formed therein, ropes extendinglongitudinally of the hammock and engaged in said eyelets,

said ropes being stretched to the corners of the hammock, the ends ofsaid ropes being provided with snap hooks, and tabs carried by the endso the bottom and adapted to be 5 engaged by the snap hooks to suspendthe hammock in a Vertical position, as and for the purpose set forth.'y

In testimony nfhereof, I' ax my Signa- H. H. NEWIIALL, H. F. PUPKE, J1'.

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